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[[File:animals_preview.png|260px|right|thumb|Some of the many animals from {{MC}}.]]
'''Animal''' refers to a category of [[Minecraft:mob]]s that are mainly based on real-life animals. Many other mobs and even some [[Minecraft:block]]s are also based on real life animals, but are not treated as such in ''Minecraft''. Most of these mobs are also called animals in many [[Minecraft:advancements]].

Animals are usually either [[Minecraft:Mob#Passive mobs|passive]] (fleeing) or [[Minecraft:Mob#Neutral mobs|neutral]] (fighting), with the only exceptions being the [[Minecraft:Undead|undead mounts]] while ridden, [[Minecraft:hoglin]]s and [[Minecraft:killer bunnies]]{{only|java|short=1}}, which are [[Minecraft:Mob#Hostile mobs|hostile mobs]].

== Properties ==
Mobs mentioned on this page share the following properties:
* They are classified as {{cd|Animal}} or {{cd|Water Animal}} in the game code.
* Most of them can [[Minecraft:breed]].
* Most follow the player if they are holding the item used to breed them.
* Most of them trigger the "The Parrots and The Bats" and "Two By Two" [[Minecraft:advancement]] when bred.
Several animal mobs can be [[Minecraft:Lead#Leashing mobs|leashed]] although this doesn't affect their classification. Animal mobs can also spawn in the [[Minecraft:Peaceful]] difficulty, with the exception of the undead mounts.

== List of animals ==
{{columns-list|colwidth=20em|
* {{EntityLink|Armadillo}}
* {{EntityLink|Axolotl}}
* {{EntityLink|Bee}}
* {{EntityLink|Camel}}
* {{EntityLink|Cat}}
* {{EntityLink|Chicken}}
* {{EntityLink|Cod}}
* {{EntityLink|Cow}}
* {{EntityLink|Dolphin}}
* {{EntityLink|Donkey}}
* {{EntityLink|Fox}}
* {{EntityLink|Frog}}
* {{EntityLink|Glow Squid}}
* {{EntityLink|Goat}}
* {{EntityLink|Happy Ghast}}
* {{EntityLink|Horse}}
* {{EntityLink|Llama}}
* {{EntityLink|Mooshroom}}
* {{EntityLink|Mule}}
* {{EntityLink|Nautilus}}
* {{EntityLink|Ocelot}}
* {{EntityLink|Panda}}
* {{EntityLink|Parrot}}
* {{EntityLink|Pig}}
* {{EntityLink|Polar Bear}}
* {{EntityLink|Pufferfish}}
* {{EntityLink|Rabbit}}
* {{EntityLink|Salmon}}
* {{EntityLink|Sheep}}
* {{EntityLink|Sniffer}}
* {{EntityLink|Squid}}
* {{EntityLink|Strider}}
* {{EntityLink|Tadpole}}
* {{EntityLink|Trader Llama}}
* {{EntityLink|Tropical Fish}}
* {{EntityLink|Turtle}}
* {{EntityLink|Wolf}}

=== Monsters ===
* {{EntityLink|Camel Husk}}
* {{EntityLink|Hoglin}}
* {{EntityLink|Skeleton Horse}}
* {{EntityLink|Zombie Horse}}
* {{EntityLink|Zombie Nautilus}}
}}

Some mobs like [[Minecraft:allay]]s,{{note|Allays are referred to as animals in [[Minecraft:achievement]]s ("Zoology" category), as well as [[Minecraft:advancement]]s ("Husbandry" category).}} [[Minecraft:copper golem]]s, [[Minecraft:iron golem]]s, and [[Minecraft:snow golem]]s are internally referred to as animals,<ref>{{cd|net/minecraft/world/entity/animal}}</ref> although this does not affect the entity format, as these [[Minecraft:mobs]] do not share all of the same traits as actual in-game animals.

== Related mobs ==
These mobs are based on real life animals, but are not treated as such in the game code - rather as {{cd|Ambient}} or {{cd|Monster}} only.
* {{EntityLink|Bat}}{{note|Bats are under the wild animals section in the [[Minecraft:spawn egg]]s tab in the [[Minecraft:creative inventory]]. The name of the advancement, "[[Minecraft:The Parrots and the Bats]]," ironically points out that these two mobs are among the only animals that do not breed.}}
* {{EntityLink|Cave Spider}}
* {{EntityLink|Endermite}}
* {{EntityLink|Silverfish}}
* {{EntityLink|Spider}}

Despite being classified as only [[Minecraft:monster]]s in-game, [[Minecraft:guardian]]s and [[Minecraft:elder guardian]]s were referred to as "animals of the deep" in a ''Minecraft'' video about them.<ref>{{ytl|gs-rMm5luB8|Why are their eyes so big? <nowiki>|</nowiki> The Story Of The Elder Guardian|Minecraft|August 24, 2025|t=56s}}</ref>

==Related blocks==
These blocks are based on real life/fantasy animals, but are not treated as such in the game code, due to being blocks.
* {{BlockLink|Coral}}
* {{BlockLink|Coral Blocks|Coral Block}}
* {{BlockLink|Coral Fans|Coral Fan}}
* {{BlockLink|Dried Ghast}}
* {{ItemLink|Firefly Bush}}
* {{BlockLink|Sea Pickle}}
* {{BlockLink|Sponge}}

==Unimplemented==
These community vote options are based on animals, but have not been added to the game.
* {{EntityLink|Crab}}
* {{EntityLink|Meerkat}}
* {{EntityLink|Moobloom}}
* {{EntityLink|Ostrich}}
* {{EntityLink|Penguin}}
* {{EntityLink|Termite}}
* {{EntityLink|Vulture}}

== Advancements ==
{{load advancements|The Parrots and the Bats;Two By Two;Best Friends Forever}}

== History ==
=== ''Java Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java classic}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST|[[File:Pig JE1.png|42px]] Added pigs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.28|[[File:White Sheep JE1.png|42px]] Added sheep.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||v1.0.8|[[File:Cow JE1.png|42px]] Added cows.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v1.0.14|[[File:Chicken JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added chickens.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java beta}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.2|[[File:Squid JE1 BE1.png|42px]] Added squid.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.4|[[File:Wolf JE1 BE1.png|50px]] Added wolves.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.0.0|dev=Beta 1.9 Prerelease|[[File:Red Mooshroom JE1.png|42px]] Added mooshrooms.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.2.1|dev=12w04a|[[File:Ocelot JE1 BE1.png|60px]] Added ocelots.|[[File:Red Cat JE1 BE1.png|60px]] Cats were also added but were not an individual mob.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.6.1|dev=13w16a|[[File:Black Horse Revision 1.gif|50px]] [[File:Donkey JE1.png|50px]] [[File:Mule JE1.png|50px]] [[File:Skeleton Horse Revision 1.png|50px]] [[File:Zombie Horse Revision 1.png|50px]] Added horses, donkeys, mules, skeleton horses and zombie horses.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.8|dev=14w27a|[[File:Brown Rabbit JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added rabbits.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.10|dev=16w20a|[[File:Polar Bear JE1.png|50px]] Added polar bears.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.11|dev=16w39a|[[File:Creamy Llama Revision 1.png|42px]] Added llamas.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.12|dev=17w13a|[[File:Red Parrot.png|32px]] Added parrots.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=18w07a|[[File:Turtle JE1.png|50px]] Added turtles.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w08b|[[File:Cod.gif|42px]] [[File:Salmon.gif|42px]] [[File:Pufferfish large.gif|42px]] Added cod, salmon, and pufferfish.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w10a|[[File:Clownfish.png|42px]] Added tropical fish.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w15a|[[File:Dolphin.gif|50px]] Added dolphins.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.14|dev=18w43a|[[File:Panda JE1 BE1.png|50px]] Added pandas.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w44a|[[File:Tabby Cat.png|60px]] Added cats as a separate mob from ocelots.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=19w05a|[[File:Creamy Trader Llama.png|42px]] Added trader llamas.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=19w07a|[[File:Fox.png|42px]] Added foxes.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.15|dev=19w34a|[[File:Bee.gif|40px]] Added bees.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16|dev=20w07a|[[File:Hoglin JE1.png|60px]] Added hoglins.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20w13a|[[File:Strider JE1 BE1.gif|40px]] Added striders.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17|dev=20w51a|[[File:Axolotl Idle Floor Underwater.gif|50px]] Added axolotls.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w03a|[[File:Glow Squid JE1.gif|42px]] Added glow squid.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w13a|[[File:Goat BE1.png|42px]] Added goats.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19|dev=22w11a|[[File:Temperate Frog JE1 BE1.gif|42px]] [[File:Tadpole JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added frogs and tadpoles.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19.3|exp=Update 1.20|dev=22w42a|[[File:Camel Idle.gif|50px]] Added camels.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19.4|exp=Update 1.20|dev=23w07a|[[File:Sniffer sniffsniff.gif|50px]] Added sniffers.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20.5|dev=23w51a|[[File:Armadillo JE1.png|40px]] Added armadillos.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.6|dev=25w15a|[[File:Happy Ghast JE1 BE1.gif|50px]] Added happy ghasts.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.11|dev=25w41a|[[File:Nautilus.gif|50px]] [[File:Zombie Nautilus Breathe JE1.gif|48px]] Added nautiluses and zombie nautiluses.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=25w44a|[[File:Camel Husk Idle JE1.gif|56px]] Added camel husks.}}
}}

=== ''Bedrock Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|pocket alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.2.0|Added sheep and pigs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.3.0|Added chickens and cows.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.9.0|dev=build 1|Added mooshrooms.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.12.1|dev=build 1|Added ocelots.|Cats were also added but were not an individual mob.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.13.0|dev=build 1|Added rabbits.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.15.0|dev=build 1|Added horses, donkeys, mules, skeleton horses, and zombie horses.}}
|{{HistoryLine|pocket}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.0.0|dev=alpha 0.17.0.1|Added polar bears.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=alpha 1.1.0.0|Added llamas.}}
|{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.2.0|dev=beta 1.2.0.2|Added parrots.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.4.0|dev=beta 1.2.14.2|Added cod, salmon, pufferfish, and tropical fish.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.2.20.1|Added dolphins.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.5.0|dev=beta 1.5.0.4|Added turtles.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.8.0|dev=beta 1.8.0.8|Added pandas.|Cats are now a separate mob from ocelots.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.10.0|dev=beta 1.10.0.3|Added trader llamas.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13.0|dev=beta 1.13.0.1|Added foxes.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.14.0|dev=beta 1.14.0.1|Added bees.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16.0|dev=beta 1.16.0.51|Added hoglins.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.16.0.57|Added striders.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16.200|exp=Caves and Cliffs|dev=beta 1.16.200.52|Added goats.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16.210|exp=Caves and Cliffs|dev=beta 1.16.210.59|Added the glow squid through experimental gameplay.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.16.210.60|Removed glow squid.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16.220|exp=Caves and Cliffs|dev=beta 1.16.220.50|Readded the glow squid through experimental gameplay.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17.0|exp=Caves and Cliffs|dev=beta 1.16.230.52|Added axolotls.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.18.10|exp=Wild Update|dev=beta 1.18.10.24|Added frogs and tadpoles.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19.50|exp=Next Major Update|dev=Preview 1.19.50.21|Added camels.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19.70|exp=Sniffer|dev=Preview 1.19.70.23|Added sniffers.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20.60|exp=Armadillo and Wolf Armor|dev=Preview 1.20.60.23|Added armadillos.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.80|dev=Preview 1.21.80.25|experiment=Drop 2 2025|Added happy ghasts.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.100|dev=Preview 1.21.100.20|The ambient sound interval for all animals has been adjusted to 6 seconds, matching {{JE}}.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.130|dev=Preview 1.21.130.20|Added nautiluses and zombie nautiluses.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=Preview 1.21.130.24|Added camel husks.}}
}}

=== Legacy Console Edition ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|console}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU0|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.00|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|Added all animals from and prior to [[Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.4]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU5|Animals no longer despawn, which makes it possible to capture them.|Animals will now flee when hit.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU7|Added mooshrooms.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU12|Added ocelots.|Cats were also added but were not an individual mob.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU19|xbone=CU7|ps3=1.12|psvita=1.12|ps4=1.12|Added horses, donkeys, mules, skeleton horses, and zombie horses.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU31|xbone=CU19|ps3=1.22|psvita=1.22|ps4=1.22|wiiu=Patch 3|Added rabbits.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU43|xbone=CU33|ps3=1.36|psvita=1.36|ps4=1.36|wiiu=Patch 13|Added polar bears.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU54|xbone=CU44|ps3=1.52|psvita=1.52|ps4=1.52|wiiu=Patch 24|switch=1.0.4|Added llamas and parrots.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU69|xbone=none|ps3=1.76|psvita=1.76|ps4=1.76|wiiu=Patch 38|switch=none|Added cod, dolphins, pufferfish, salmon, and tropical fish.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=none|ps3=none|psvita=none|ps4=1.83|wiiu=none|Added pandas.|Cats are added as a separate mob from ocelots.}}
|{{HistoryLine||ps3=none|psvita=none|ps4=1.91|Added trader llamas.}}
}}

=== ''New Nintendo 3DS Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|3ds}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.1.0|Added all animals from and prior to [[Minecraft:Pocket Edition Alpha 0.15.0]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.7.10|Added polar bears.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.9.19|Added llamas.}}
}}

=== ''Minecraft Education'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|education}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.0.0|Added all animals from and prior to [[Minecraft:Pocket Edition Alpha 0.16.0]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.0.1|Added polar bears and llamas.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.0.2|Added parrots.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.4|Added dolphins, cod, pufferfish, salmon, and tropical fish.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.7|Added turtles.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.9|dev=1.8.0|Added pandas.|Cats are now a separate mob from ocelots.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.14.31|dev=1.14.30|Added foxes, brown mooshrooms, and bees.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17.30|dev=1.17.30.2|Added hoglins, striders, goats, glow squid, and axolotls.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19.52|dev=1.19.50.0|Added frogs and tadpoles.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20.12|dev=1.20.10.0|Added camels and sniffers.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.03|dev=Preview 1.21.01.0|Added armadillos.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.91|dev=Preview 1.21.90.1|Added happy ghasts.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.132|dev=Preview 1.21.131.1|Added nautiluses, zombie nautiluses and camel husks.}}

}}

== Trivia ==
* In its [[Minecraft:Mob Menagerie]], [[Minecraft:shulker]]s were implied to be molluscs, a group of real-life invertebrate animals that include squid, glow squid, and nautiluses, given the nature of their shells.<ref>[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/shulker Mob Menagerie: Shulker]</ref>
* In its Mob Menagerie, [[Minecraft:phantom]]s real-world parallel was stated to be [[Minecraft:bat]]s, as well as mentions of the extinct pterosaur, {{Wikipedia|quetzalcoatlus}}.<ref>[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/phantom Mob Menagerie: Phantom]</ref>

== Gallery ==
=== Renders ===
<gallery>
Armadillo.png|An armadillo
Axolotl Idle Floor Underwater.gif|An axolotl
Bee.gif|A bee
Camel Idle.gif|A camel
Camel Husk Idle JE1.gif|A camel husk
Tuxedo Cat.png|A cat
Chicken.png|A chicken
Cod.gif|A cod
Temperate Cow JE6 BE3.png|A cow
Dolphin.gif|A dolphin
Donkey.png|A donkey
Fox.png|A fox
Temperate Frog.gif|A frog
Glow Squid.gif|A glow squid
Goat.png|A goat
File:Happy Ghast JE1 BE1.gif|A happy ghast
Hoglin.png|A hoglin
Darkbrown Horse.png|A horse
Creamy Llama.png|A llama
Mooshroom.png|A mooshroom
Mule.png|A mule
File:Nautilus Swim.gif|A nautilus
Ocelot.png|An ocelot
Panda.png|A panda
Red Parrot.png|A parrot
Pig.png|A pig
Polar Bear.png|A polar bear
Pufferfish large.gif|A pufferfish
Brown Rabbit.png|A rabbit
Salmon.gif|A salmon
Sheep.png|A sheep
Skeleton Horse.png|A skeleton horse
Sniffer sniffsniff.gif|A sniffer
Squid.gif|A squid
Strider.gif|A strider
Tadpole.png|A tadpole
Creamy Trader Llama.png|A trader llama
Clownfish.png|A tropical fish
Turtle.png|A turtle
Wolf.png|A wolf
Zombie Horse JE6.png|A zombie horse
Zombie Nautilus.gif|A zombie nautilus
</gallery>

=== Screenshots ===
<gallery>
Cats sitting on chests.png|Tamed cats sitting on chests
A Llama Getting Attacked By Bees.jpg|Bees retaliating against a llama
Pufferfish mob.png|Different fish swimming in the [[Minecraft:ocean]]
Glow squid visibility.png|A deep lukewarm ocean with many glow squid
White Tobiano.png|Horses being pulled by a [[Minecraft:leash]]
Cow House.png|Cows inside a building
All rabbit skins 1.8pre1.png|All of the rabbit variants
Minecraft-Nether-Crimson-Forest-01.jpg|Hoglins in a [[Minecraft:crimson forest]]
StriderStriderStrider.png|Three striders, each one riding another
</gallery>

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== See also ==
* [[Minecraft:Mob]]
* {{EntityLink|Aquatic}}
* {{EntityLink|Arthropod}}
* {{EntityLink|Illager}}
* [[Minecraft:Jockey]]
* {{EntityLink|Monster}}
* {{EntityLink|Undead}}

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